Ex-WWE employee agrees to PAUSE Vince McMahon sex-trafficking lawsuit at the request of DOJ – which wants to conduct its own investigation

The sex trafficking lawsuit against Vince McMahon has been dropped at the request of the Department of Justice.

Former WWE employee Janel Grant has agreed to dismiss her case against McMahon while the government is conducting its own investigation.

In a statement to DailyMail.com, Grant’s lawyer Ann Callis said: ‘Ms. Grant has agreed to a request from the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York to stay her case against Mr. McMahon, WWE and Mr. Laurinaitis, based on an ongoing non-public investigation. We will cooperate in any appropriate next steps.”

Grant has accused McMahon and other WWE executives of sex trafficking and emotional and physical abuse during her time with the wrestling promotion.

Since then, McMahon has resigned from the WWE and sold more than $400 million worth of stock in TKO, the newly formed company created by the merger between WWE and UFC.

Janel Grant (above), a former WWE employee, accused McMahon, who is under investigation by New York prosecutors, of sex trafficking and multiple counts of sexual misconduct

Grant previously agreed to a $3 million settlement in exchange for signing a non-disclosure agreement in 2022, but filed a lawsuit against McMahon in January after he stopped making payments after the first $1 million installment.

One of Grant’s initial claims was that McMahon relieved her during a threesome and forcibly penetrated her with sex toys, which he named after his wrestlers.

She also claims that in June 2021, McMahon and another WWE executive locked her in a room at WWE headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut and took turns sexually assaulting her during the workday.

The married McMahon is also accused of trafficking Grant to other men and sharing nude photos of the plaintiff. Grant is seeking unspecified damages.

But earlier this month the WWE The founder claimed his accuser wanted “rough sex” and thousands of dollars for “plastic surgery.”

The 78-year-old billionaire also recently denied explosives charges levied against him. He also alleged that Grant pursued their affair by sneaking into his penthouse apartment in the middle of the night to cheat on her fiancé, who lived in the same building.

Grant worked at WWE headquarters in Stamford between June 2019 and March 2022

The wrestling mogul said Grant was a willing participant in their sexual relationship for three years. His file also contains excerpts from an alleged love letter he received from the former employee.

Grant then filed a motion asking the court to throw out McMahon’s “seditious lies.”

According to SESscoopsMcMahon’s new allegations against Grant include:

• ‘That she was in love with him McMahon and that he was the love of her life
• ‘That she wanted to have sex with him and gave graphic details’
• ‘That she fantasized about being held down, enjoyed pain and wanted rough sex’
• ‘That she wanted the suspect to see her having sex with other people and to be aware of her sex with others’
• “That she wanted defendant to give her thousands of dollars for clothing, plastic surgery and other gifts.”
• ‘That she also wanted to have a future with the suspect after signing the agreement’
• ‘That she wanted the suspect to continue living in the same building, so that she could continue to see him, even after signing the agreement’

Grant had previously targeted “unsupported claims” – including that she was “absent” from the lives of her “dying parents” – and “falsehoods created by McMahon to intimidate Janel into submission – as he has done countless times before done.’

More to follow.